August 16, 2007
12 Easy Ways Anyone Can Support Fair Trade
TransFair USA, the only U.S fair trade certifier, has compiled a comprehensive and fun list of 12 Ways You Can Support Fair Trade, it might surprise some of you to know how easy and inexpensive it is to support fair trade.
Paul Rice who is the founder of TransFair USA, said it best in a video, when he said, that “when you support fair trade, you support hope“. Here is the list:
- Vote - vote with your dollar, buy fair trade products
- Ask - ask for them at your local shops, create demand
- Host - have fair trade events to raise awareness in your local community
- Join - online communities
- Celebrate - every October is fair trade month
- Learn - get educated about fair trade and its global impact
- Donate - to transfair usa and support their mission
- Introduce - the fair trade movement in college campuses
- Start - get involved with a local group or start one
- Fundraise - hold a school or church fair trade products fundraiser
- Give - need gift-giving ideas? fair trade products make great gifts
- Serve - fair trade coffee and tea at your next faith service
Source [TransFair USA]
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